floorplate
/F L R P L EY1 T/noun
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A horizontal, structural, load-bearing member in platform framing (wooden building framing). Also called bottom plate, sill plate, sole plate or (lower) wall plate.
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The structural base plate of the floors (storeys) of a building, usually made up of bottom panels, floor panels, floor slabs, paving slabs, hollow core slabs or beams or joists in timber constructions.
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A (usually metal) plate used as industrial flooring.
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(biology) A specialized glial structure integral to the developing nervous system of vertebrate organisms.
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